| January 2009 |
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With EU countries left without Russian gas supplies for more than a week and no sign of an end to the deadlock between Kiev and Moscow, Europe questioned on Wednesday the credibility of Russia and Ukraine as reliable gas suppliers. 
President Viktor Yushchenko has insisted that Ukraine should pay $205 per 1,000 cubic meters for Russian gas and said the price for Slovakia should be no higher than $218. 
The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed its concern on Wednesday over an escalation in the violence in the Gaza Strip where the death toll has climbed to over 1,000 Palestinians. 
Russia has no plans to run Ukraine's gas transportation system, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said Wednesday. 
The former cellmate of Mikhail Khodorkovsky has filed a lawsuit for 500,000 rubles ($16,500) in damages against the ex-Yukos chief for alleged sexual harrasment, the businessman's defense website said in a press release on Wednesday. 
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Wednesday that Kiev and Moscow had to agree on a new natural gas contract at bilateral talks without Europe's mediation. 
European partners are losing trust in Ukraine over problems with Russian gas transits to the EU, the Slovak prime minister said on Wednesday at talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 
Senator Hillary Clinton's recent remarks in the U.S. Senate indicate Washington's desire to improve relations with Moscow, Russian political experts commented on Wednesday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller to do everything possible to resume the flow of Russian gas through Ukraine, but only on conditions acceptable to Moscow. 
The head of Ukraine's national gas company Naftogaz asked Gazprom on Wednesday to lend it "technical gas" in amounts necessary for the normal operation of the Ukrainian gas transportation system. 
For a second day Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz refused to accept Russian gas due to be transited to Europe, Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom said on Wednesday. 
Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz refused to accept Russian natural gas for transit to Europe for a second day, Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom said on Wednesday. 
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko reassured the European Union on Wednesday that Ukraine remained a reliable transit country for Russian gas, a day after Gazprom's test gas delivery to Europe failed. 
The mayor of Moscow has suggested building a second metro system in the Russian capital, the Kommersant business daily said on Wednesday. 



